That involvement includes Hill's high-visibility role as project
manager for the design and construction of Jumeirah and its
sister island Palm Jebel Ali, the two man-made, palm-shaped
islands in the Persian Gulf off the coast of Dubai. Created under
Hill International's watchful eye in a $2.8 billion project that
involved the use of more than 100 million cubic meters of earth
and about five million cubic meters of rock fill to complete, the
effort was heralded by the world press as one of the most ambitious
and unusual in construction history. Some have even
dubbed it the "Eighth Wonder of the World."

Each island is built in the shape of a palm tree with 17 fronds
and a trunk connected to the mainland. The site has the distinction
of being only the second man-made object that can be
viewed from space. The Great Wall of China is the other.